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1969 Minnesota Twins Statistics

1968 Season 1970 Season

Record: 97-65-0, Finished 1st in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost AL Championship Series (3-0) to Baltimore Orioles

Manager: Billy Martin (97-65)

General Manager: Calvin Griffith

Farm Director: Sherry Robertson

Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium

Attendance: 1,349,328 (3rd of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 105

Pythagorean W-L: 99-63, 790 Runs, 618 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	John Roseboro*	36	115	406	361	33	95	12	0	3	32	5	5	39	44	.263	.333	.321	.654	81	116	6	0	3	3	12
2	1B	Rich Reese*	27	132	451	419	52	135	24	4	16	69	1	5	23	57	.322	.362	.513	.875	139	215	6	5	1	3	3
3	2B	Rod Carew*	23	123	504	458	79	152	30	4	8	56	19	8	37	72	.332	.386	.467	.853	134	214	7	3	6	0	0
4	SS	Leo Cárdenas	30	160	665	578	67	162	24	4	10	70	5	6	66	96	.280	.353	.388	.741	104	224	19	4	8	9	12
5	3B	Harmon Killebrew	33	162	709	555	106	153	20	2	49	140	8	2	145	84	.276	.427	.584	1.011	177	324	16	5	0	4	20
6	LF	Bob Allison	34	81	220	189	18	43	8	2	8	27	2	4	29	39	.228	.333	.418	.751	106	79	8	1	1	0	5
7	CF	Ted Uhlaender*	29	152	610	554	93	151	18	2	8	62	15	9	44	52	.273	.328	.356	.684	89	197	3	4	4	4	4
8	RF	Tony Oliva*	30	153	692	637	97	197	39	4	24	101	10	13	45	66	.309	.355	.496	.851	133	316	10	3	2	5	12
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	César Tovar	28	158	591	535	99	154	25	5	11	52	45	12	37	37	.288	.342	.415	.757	108	222	7	9	7	3	3
10	UT	Graig Nettles*	24	96	261	225	27	50	9	2	7	26	1	2	32	47	.222	.319	.373	.693	91	84	6	1	1	2	1
11	C	George Mitterwald	24	69	210	187	18	48	8	0	5	13	0	1	17	47	.257	.327	.380	.707	94	71	6	3	2	1	1
12	LF	Charlie Manuel*	25	83	194	164	14	34	6	0	2	24	1	0	28	33	.207	.320	.280	.600	67	46	3	0	0	2	4
13	IF	Frank Quilici	30	118	159	144	19	25	3	1	2	12	2	0	12	22	.174	.236	.250	.486	34	36	2	0	2	1	0
14	3B	Rick Renick	25	71	154	139	21	34	3	0	5	17	0	1	12	32	.245	.307	.374	.681	87	52	4	1	1	1	1
15	C	Tom Tischinski	24	37	56	47	2	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	8	.191	.309	.191	.501	41	9	0	0	1	0	0
16	UT	Jim Holt*	25	12	14	14	3	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	.357	.357	.571	.929	153	8	0	0	0	0	0
17	UT	Cotton Nash	26	6	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.222	.522	46	2	0	0	0	0	0
18	3B	Ron Clark	26	5	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31	1	1	0	0	0	0
19	C	Rick Dempsey	19	5	7	6	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.571	.667	1.238	241	4	0	0	0	0	0
20		Frank Kostro	31	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	CF	Herman Hill*	23	16	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
22	P	Dave Boswell	24	40	103	94	7	16	2	1	2	9	0	0	2	29	.170	.196	.277	.472	29	26	3	1	6	0	0
23	P	Jim Perry#	33	47	101	93	8	16	3	1	0	7	0	0	3	24	.172	.204	.226	.430	19	21	5	1	3	1	0
24	P	Jim Kaat*	30	43	95	87	8	18	8	0	2	10	0	0	4	20	.207	.247	.368	.615	68	32	0	1	2	1	0
25	P	Tom Hall*	21	32	50	43	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	.186	.255	.209	.465	30	9	0	0	3	0	0
26	P	Bob Miller	30	48	34	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.000	.031	.000	.031	-91	0	1	0	2	0	0
27	P	Dean Chance	28	20	32	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	19	.042	.148	.042	.190	-45	1	0	1	5	0	0
28	P	Ron Perranoski*	33	75	30	24	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	.083	.154	.083	.237	-33	2	1	0	4	0	0
29	P	Dick Woodson	24	44	29	27	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	.074	.138	.074	.212	-40	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Jerry Crider	27	21	9	9	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.444	.444	.667	1.111	203	6	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Joe Grzenda	32	38	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.286	.000	.286	-15	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Al Worthington	40	46	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Darrell Brandon	28	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	49	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Bill Zepp	22	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Charlie Walters	22	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Danny Morris	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.0	162	6424	5677	790	1520	246	32	163	733	115	70	599	906	.268	.340	.408	.748	106	2319	114	43	65	40	78
		Rank in 12 AL teams				1	1	1	1	4	4		4	10	6	6	1	2	3	2		1		3		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.0	162	5925	5233	753	1453	230	30	159	705	115	70	576	744	.278	.351	.424	.776	113	2220	104	39	39	38	78
		Pitcher Totals	28.3	162	499	444	37	67	16	2	4	28	0	0	23	162	.151	.199	.223	.422	16	99	10	4	26	2	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Jim Perry	33	20	6	.769	2.82	46	36	4	12	3	0	261.2	244	87	82	18	66	10	153	9	0	3	1079	131	3.09	1.185	8.4	0.6	2.3	5.3	2.32
2	SP	Dave Boswell	24	20	12	.625	3.23	39	38	0	10	0	0	256.1	215	105	92	18	99	2	190	8	0	10	1070	115	3.19	1.225	7.5	0.6	3.5	6.7	1.92
3	SP	Jim Kaat*	30	14	13	.519	3.49	40	32	4	10	0	1	242.1	252	114	94	23	75	15	139	9	0	9	1048	106	3.64	1.349	9.4	0.9	2.8	5.2	1.85
4	SP	Tom Hall*	21	8	7	.533	3.33	31	18	2	5	2	0	140.2	129	63	52	12	50	4	92	0	0	5	584	112	3.38	1.273	8.3	0.8	3.2	5.9	1.84
5	SP	Dean Chance	28	5	4	.556	2.95	20	15	3	1	0	0	88.1	76	39	29	6	35	3	50	4	0	4	371	126	3.58	1.257	7.7	0.6	3.6	5.1	1.43
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Ron Perranoski*	33	9	10	.474	2.11	75	0	52	0	0	31	119.2	85	32	28	4	52	16	62	1	0	0	484	176	3.24	1.145	6.4	0.3	3.9	4.7	1.19
7	RP	Bob Miller	30	5	5	.500	3.02	48	11	15	1	0	3	119.1	118	42	40	9	32	7	57	0	0	5	486	123	3.34	1.257	8.9	0.7	2.4	4.3	1.78
8	RP	Dick Woodson	24	7	5	.583	3.67	44	10	7	2	0	1	110.1	99	49	45	11	49	3	66	3	0	3	473	101	4.02	1.341	8.1	0.9	4.0	5.4	1.35
9	RP	Al Worthington	40	4	1	.800	4.57	46	0	19	0	0	3	61.0	65	31	31	7	20	2	51	0	0	1	257	81	3.31	1.393	9.6	1.0	3.0	7.5	2.55
10	RP	Joe Grzenda*	32	4	1	.800	3.88	38	0	7	0	0	3	48.2	52	23	21	4	17	4	24	1	1	7	207	96	3.70	1.418	9.6	0.7	3.1	4.4	1.41
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Jerry Crider	27	1	0	1.000	4.71	21	1	5	0	0	1	28.2	31	15	15	3	15	6	16	2	0	1	130	80	4.53	1.605	9.7	0.9	4.7	5.0	1.07
12		Charlie Walters	22	0	0		5.40	6	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	6	4	4	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	30	73	5.66	1.350	8.1	1.4	4.1	2.7	0.67
13		Bill Zepp	22	0	0		6.75	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	6	7	4	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	27	59	6.45	1.875	10.1	1.7	6.8	3.4	0.50
14		Danny Morris	23	0	1	.000	5.06	3	1	1	0	0	0	5.1	5	4	3	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	26	79	6.82	1.688	8.4	1.7	6.8	1.7	0.25
15		Darrell Brandon	28	0	0		2.70	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	3	1	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	20	154	8.51	2.400	13.5	2.7	8.1	2.7	0.33
		Team Totals	28.7	97	65	.599	3.24	162	162	121	41	5	43	1497.2	1388	618	539	119	524	76	906	38	1	48	6292	114	3.46	1.277	8.3	0.7	3.1	5.4	1.73
		Rank in 12 AL teams		2	11		3				6	9	1	1	9	4	4	3	4		5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W